"False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly or profits him; shame is with poverty, but confidence with wealth."

Wealth, Confidence, Man, Poor

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"False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly or profits him; shame is with poverty, but confidence with wealth."

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"Everyone is poor in one way or another, so there is no need to worry of where you belong, we are all rich and poor at the same time."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Wealth, Poor, Life, Balance

"When you don't have enough or you run out, you feel in your core that the leak has begun and there will be no end to the leakage. And this makes you feel like a chump. Whereas having some money gives you the conviction that you're not naked in the howling wind, even though you basically are, existentially."

Anne Lamott, American Author

Wealth, Money, Wind, Conviction, Existence

"I fear that in this thing many rich people deceive themselves. They go on accumulating the means but never using them; making bricks, but never building."

George Eliot, British Author

Wealth, Regret, Truth, Action

"Not every happy person is rich, and, Not every rich person is happy."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Wealth, Truth, Happiness, Life, Power

"The difference between a rich man and a poor man is that; a rich man only thinks of how to spend money while a poor man, thinks of how to make money."

Abdulazeez Henry Musa, Nigerian Author

Wealth, Money, Success, Mindset

"You only become truly rich the day you possess something that money cannot buy."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Wealth, TrueRiches, Value, NonMaterial

"You can create financial abundance by having a positive relationship with money."

Stephen Richards, British Author

Wealth, Money, Relationship, Abundance

"I love money because money is power, the power to invite my friends for lunch and pay the bill without expecting anything in return, the power to give twenty dollars to beggar just because I can, the power to offer an expensive remote control helicopter to children and create a huge smile in them, the power to wait for the ones you love to love you back just because you don't need to waste your time like they do."

Robin Sacredfire, Portuguese Philosopher

Wealth, Money, Power, Generosity, Freedom

"Being wealthy isn't just a question of having lots of money. It's a question of what we want. Wealth isn't an absolute, it's relative to desire. Every time we seek something that we can't afford, we can be counted as poor, how much money we may actually have."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher

Wealth, Desire, Contentment, Perspective

"In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of."

Confucius, Chinese Philosopher

Wealth, Country, Poverty

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"We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things."

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"Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close by, But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it."

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"But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and do not transgress what is just, for them the city flourishes and its people prosper."

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"Everyone is poor in one way or another, so there is no need to worry of where you belong, we are all rich and poor at the same time."

"I fear that in this thing many rich people deceive themselves. They go on accumulating the means but never using them; making bricks, but never building."

"Not every happy person is rich, and, Not every rich person is happy."

"The difference between a rich man and a poor man is that; a rich man only thinks of how to spend money while a poor man, thinks of how to make money."

"You only become truly rich the day you possess something that money cannot buy."

"You can create financial abundance by having a positive relationship with money."

"Being wealthy isn't just a question of having lots of money. It's a question of what we want. Wealth isn't an absolute, it's relative to desire. Every time we seek something that we can't afford, we can be counted as poor, how much money we may actually have."

"In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of."

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"He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace."

"Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death."

"Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth."

"We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things."

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"Acquisition means life to miserable mortals."

"The fool knows after he's suffered."

"Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close by, But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it."

"But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and do not transgress what is just, for them the city flourishes and its people prosper."

"It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy."